Andreas Krause, once a famous German composer, now lives as a recluse. He spends his life locked away in his room, choosing who he wishes to see. With his life seemingly in danger, and with unexplained deaths randomly occurring throughout the village, could it be possible that the hidden secrets concerning his wife's murder thirty years ago, are now finally coming to the surface? Albert Murtland tackles the task of unravelling the complexities involved with the case. A deceptively impossible assignment, he must save whomever he can before the metronome pendulum comes to a deadly standstill.